St. Paddy's Cards!

Because I design cards for a group of cardmakers who make them for our church card racks, I am always ahead of the curve with holidays!  Today, I worked on St. Patrick's Day.  Here's my favorite of the batch!

PJ Bear is so darn cute.  And this set from The Cat's Pajamas has a plain bear along with every accessory you would need for every holiday and for every occasion.

You might ask "Why do you have frogs on a St. Patrick's Day card?" The inside includes this fantastic sentiment from Stamp Oasis.  RubberNecker now sells Stamp Oasis stamps but I don't see this particular stamp anywhere.

May the light

always find you

on a dreary day.

When you need to be home

may you find your way.

May you always have courage

to take a chance,

And never find frogs in your

underpants.

Now do the frogs make sense???

Since I already had a cute card and a funny card, I wanted just a basic card that could be sent to anyone.  It's very simple on the front, but it has this nice sentiment from Custer's Last Stamp (I got it on Addicted to Rubber Stamps) on the inside:

May your blessings

outnumber the

shamrocks that grow

and may trouble avoid

you wherever you go.

Check out the embossed edges on the little squares.  I love how this extra step makes the card look so "finished".  I love it so much I did a whole post on it!

St. Paddy Bear

• Stamps: Cat's Pajamas A Beary Good Year
• Ink: Memento Black and copics
• Paper: Papertrey New Leaf, Pinefeather, Dotty Biscotti dsp
• Accessories: Martha Stewart Glitter Glue, Stampin' Word Window and Modern Label Punches, Nestabilities circles and scalloped circles, Crystal Stickers Gold Glitter Domes, misc ribbon
• Challenges: Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge



Frogs in Your Underpants

• Stamps: Stampin' Up Unfroggetable
• Ink: Memento Black, copics
• Paper: Papertrey New Leaf, unknown light green, Reminisce Green Day dsp
• Accessories: Papertrey New Leaf buttons, Stampin' Up Scallop Border Punch, circle punches
• Challenges: Card Patterns Sketch Challenge

Shamrock Blessings

• Stamps: Stampin' Up Every Little Bit
• Inks: Stampin' Up Forest Foliage (old), Garden Green, Wild Wasabi, Certainly Celery
• Paper: Stampin' Up Forest Foliage (old), Garden Green, Wild Wasabi, Certainly Celery, Certainly Celery dsp
• Accessories: Stampin' Up Scallop Border Punch, misc green ribbon, Stampin' Up gems colored with Copics to match the four greens
• Challenges: SplitCoast Sketch Challenge